YONGKANG YANG

Yongkang Yang

I'm a PhD Candidate at Rotterdam School of Management, Eramsus University Rotterdam, with Prof. Daan van Knippenberg as my promotor.

My research explores teams evolve and interact in dynamic context, aiming to identify strategies that help teams overcome challenges and capitalize on opportunities to enhance their performance. I deploy longitudinal designs, social network approach, etc. to explore the dynamics in work teams. Additionally, I have interests in prosocial behavior, unethical conduct in the workplace, and the potential impact of generative AI on organizations and business practices.

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News

2025.06 Symposium and PDW presentation at IACMR 2025, Xi'an
2025.05 Running Page online
2024.09 Finished 2024 Berlin Marathon, Germany (42.195km)
2024.09 "Differentiated information elaboration" at OB/HRM PhD Seminar, Wuhan University, China
2024.06 Paper presentation at AOM in Chicago
2024.06 Personal webiste online
2024.04 2.5 year assessment [PASS]
2024.04 Paper accepted by Career Development Quarterly
2023.08 Symposium presentation at AOM in Boston
2023.06 IACMR conference visit in HK
2022.10 First-year assessment [PASS]
2022.04 FInished 2022 Rotterdam Marathon, Netherlands (42.195km)
2021.09 Started my PhD at RSM, Erasmus University
2021.09 Paper accepted by Journal of Happiness Studies
2020.09 First paper accepted by Journal of Business Ethics
2018.04 Finished 2018 Wuhan Marathon, China (42.195km)

Publication	How and when future orientation shapes weekly career adaptability Yongkang Yang, Yidong Tu, Shuoli Wang, Yajun Fan, The Career Development Quarterly*, 2024 [Project page] [PDF]
	Focusing on the past, present, or future? Why proactive personality increases weekly subjective well-being Shuoli Wang, Yidong Tu, Tongtong Zhao, Yongkang Yang* Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022 [Project page] [PDF]
	Treat floating people fairly: How compensation equity and multilevel social exclusion influence prosocial behavior among china’s floating population. Yidong Tu, Ying Zhang, Yongkang Yang, Shuoli Wang, Journal of Business Ethics*, 2022 [Project page] [PDF]

Paper Under Review

1. Yang, Y., van Knippenberg. D. Nederveen Pieterse, A., Li, J. Title hidden for peer-review. Journal of Organizational Behavior (Under Review).

2. Yang, Y., Duan, M. Yuan, S., Xing, L. Title hidden for peer-review. Journal of Managerial Psychology (1st R&R).

Conference Presentation

1. Yang, Y., Duan, M. Yuan, S.*, Xing, L (2025). Understanding and Mitigating Biases in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems in HRM Tasks. Academy of Management Proceedings. Paper presented at 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2. Kang. Y, Zhou. L, Song. Y, Nguyen. N, Rink. F, S. Van Der Vegt G, Yang. Y (Organizer), Pieterse. A, van Knippenberg. D, Li. J, Scott. R, Alan. B, R. Hollenbeck. J, Garrett .J, Jacob. D, Reinke. K, Park. S, Crawford. E (2025). Dynamic Team Composition: Bridging Theory and Practice. Academy of Management Proceedings. Symposium presented at 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.

3. Yang, et al. (2025). The Application of Generative AI in Management: Opportunities and Challenges: Understanding and Mitigating Biases in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems in Human Resource Management Tasks.. Symposium presented at 2025 IACMR , Xi'an, China.

4. Huang. Z, Zhang. K, Li. Y, Li. Y, Qu. J, Wang. L, Xue. J, Yang. Y, Zhao. P, Zhu .S (2025). Sharing research pitfalls and experiences: How PhD students can produce innovative research in the age of Artificial Intelligence? . PDW presented at 2025 IACMR , Xi'an, China.

5. Y. Yang., van Knippenberg. D., Pieterse, A., Li, J. (2024) Cross-Culture and Within-Culture Information Elaboration: The Role of Learning Orientation. Academy of Management Proceedings. Paper presented at 84th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

6. Lyubykh, Z., Bajet Mestre, E., Gloor, J., Mercer, D., Scheuer, C.-L., Walsh, M., McNally, C., Arnold, K., Loughlin, C., Chalise, S., Agnihotri, N., Khattab, J., Hentschel, T., Yang, Y., Li, J., Pieterse, A., Alonso, N., Turner, N., & Hideg, I. (2023). Gender equity and diversity in the workplace: The role of allyship and leadership. Academy of Management Proceedings. Symposium presented at 83rd Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

7. Y. Yang., Li, J, van Knippenberg. D., Pieterse, A. (July 2022). How changes in functional background diversity affect transactive memory and team performance. Extended abstract submitted to Development Workshop for Academy of Management Journal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Teaching

	2024 Fall, Organizational Behavior Workshop I organized 30 workshops for over 1500 students.
	2023 Spring, Master Thesis Supervision 3 master thesis.
	2023 Spring, Bachelor Thesis Supervision 7 bachelor thesis teams with 28 bachelor students.
	2022 Fall, Professional Development and Consulting As an academic coach, I supervised 4 master student teams who worked as consultants to solve real-world Human Resource Challenges for major companies. Check this out: A Linkedin post from RSM.